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"If I had to categorize it as a boxing match, I'd call it a draw," former Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo.

Any softness in the jobs data is likely temporary.

Jones' own home was raided by the feds in August.

Earlier in the day, GM said the United Auto Workers strike had a big impact on its business.

General Motors shares are higher after third-quarter earnings top expectations.

GM agreed to raise pay of workers hired after 2007 to top production wages of over $30 per hour within four years.

The labor-cost inflation from the GM contract may be tough for Ford and Fiat Chrysler to absorb.

Both parties had been in talks stretching into nights and weekends.

Jeffery Pietrzyk, 74, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering on Tuesday.

The UAW uses pattern bargaining with the three companies, meaning they take the core economics of the first deal struck with a company and take it to the other two.

Autoworkers are continuing the strike as rank-and-file members vote on ratifying the tentative agreement, a move that was unusual but seemed slightly more likely as the strike dragged on.

Striking General Motors workers will stay on the picket lines for at least another week until they vote on a tentative contract with the company.

Some of the most anticipated parts of the deal include a new shortened path to permanent status for temporary workers and guaranted wage increases and lump sums for permanent manufacturing employees.

The tentative agreement is expected to appease autoworkers who were concerned by GM's plan to idle the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant in Michigan by placing production of an electric truck there.

Navarro can add GM-UAW negotiations to his resume.

"I'm sure the team members at General Motors are anxious to get back to work and earn a paycheck," Jim Lentz, Toyota Motor North America CEO, said.

The strike is not technically over, but this is a positive sign.

If the UAW cannot make progress on Thursday, there is one action it could take that would further leverage GM.